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by kloran-[thrawn34 1 view

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I need help with my RH 5.1 install. I get through everythign else just fine, untill I get to the "Install System" part.
Partitions are as follows:
/boot 10
/ 100
swap 48
/home 500 (growable)
/usr 700
/usr/local 200
/usr/src 100

I select the packages that I want to install, then ok it. Then it starts after it attempts to format and put the extentions on the root partition, I get this error:

"mount failed: Invalidargument"

What does this mean? How can I fix it?

It is an older system, but I just want to get used to linux on a basic system before I try to put it on this one.
System specs
486 DX 33
8mb Ram
2gb HDD
40x cdrom
no sound card
Trident Video card

suggestions?

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by dustbunnyden_webmaster

I don't know why you have all of those created. You only need to have a swap partition which is going to be double your amount of memory and your root partition(/) other than that you don't need to have all of that other stuff.

Your boot partition is going to be writen to the MBR if you are not dual booting. If you are dual booting then you are going to write it to the first sector of the disk.

Hope that is somewhat of a help to you.

by kloran-[thrawn34

I have tried other patitioning layouts as well. (with just swap, root and a boot)

I justupgraded it. Changed the mobo, and put in a 100mhz DX4 486, 20mb of ram. and a new video card by Pheonix.

Still getting the same errors. I get it with both5.1 and 5.2 installs.

by gazz

The fact that you want all of those partitions or not does not matter. There are good reasons to have partitions on the drive like you have and I usually create most of the ones you have listed. You are getting the error because the os is trying to mount your filesystems with an option that it does not like. When you fist started the install, did you add a bootstring or drivers? If so I would look at the boot string first.

by kloran-[thrawn34

Gazz: I dont remember adding any bootstring or drivers. Unless RH 5.2 did it without my knowledge, or if it was included in one of the pacages I selected. Would networking packages/software cause errors if it didnt detect any modem or lan cards?

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